''The Daydream'' (French - ''La Reverie'') or ''Portrait of Jeanne Samary'' is an oil on canvas painting by
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...
, from 1877. It is held at the
Pushkin Museum
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (russian: Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина, abbreviated as ) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just oppo ...
, in
Moscow
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. It portrays
Jeanne Samary
Jeanne Samary (4 March 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 18 September 1890 in Paris) was a French actress at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting, ''Lunche ...
, a young actress at the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
in Paris who had made her début as Dorine in ''
Tartuffe
''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...
'' in 1875 and lived on Rue Frochot, not far from Renoir's home. He painted her several times, including ''
Portrait of Jeanne Samary
''Portrait of Jeanne Samary'' is an oil on canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, depicting the actress Jeanne Samary, from 1878. It is held in the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg. It was exhibited at the 1879 Paris Salon and intended to ...
'' (1878, Hermitage Museum).
The work was exhibited at the Third Impressionist Exhibition in 1877, where it received a largely negative reception. It later formed part of
Ivan Morozov's collection, which was seized by the Soviet state after the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...
. It appeared on
a USSR stamp in 1970.
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See also
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List of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This is an incomplete list of paintings by Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir painted about 4000 paintings that have sold at auction for as much as $78.1 million (in 1990). The largest collection of Renoir paintings is at the Barn ...
References
Portraits by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Paintings in the Pushkin Museum
Portraits of women
1877 paintings
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